Pink Flowers

I talked to Braden on Saturday He said he was doing okay We talked for a while I feel bad he's being put on this trial Braden thinks he's gonna die I asked him why He wouldn't tell me It made me wonder, how sick is he I asked if he wanted me to visit He said he'd tell me in a little bit He never told me So I let the question be Braden asked me if when he was dead If I could put pink flowers on his death bed Later he said he felt sick so he said goodbye I kept wondering why he thought he'd die So at this late hour I think of a pink flower

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